First victory for Cancellara on the new Specialized TT bike.
He completely dominated the Tour de Suisse 7.8km short TT.
19 seconds ahead of the runner up on a 7.8km TT course in the last stage-race just before the National Championships and TdF is a lot.
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Results
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 9.21 (50.053 km/h)
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0.19
3 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0.22
4 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.24
5 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.31
6 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia - Highroad
7 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.32
8 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 0.34
9 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank
10 Rui Alberto Faria (Por) Caisse d’Epargne 0.35
11 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank
12 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 0.38
13 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam
14 Marcel Wyss (Swi) Cervélo TestTeam
15 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha
17 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank 0.39
18 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
19 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
20 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (CRc) Caisse d’Epargne
His new prototype TT frameset still seems to do the job fine.
Today Cancellara won the Tour de Suisse GC after completely dominating in the last 39km TT in his hometown of Bern, finishing 1:27 ahead of number #2.
Results, stage 9 (39km ITT):
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 0:45:59
2 Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 0:01:27
3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 0:01:42
4 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 0:01:43
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 0:01:48
6 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 0:01:50
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 0:02:00
8 Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas 0:02:02
9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 0:02:09
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 0:02:14
11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 0:02:21
12 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0:02:24
13 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 0:02:33
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.
15 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:37
16 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:40
17 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 0:02:41
18 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0:02:43
19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 0:02:44
20 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 0:02:46
21 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 0:02:47
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